Zelda on Wii U not expected until 2014

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There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Wii U hardware. When will it ship? How much will it cost? Will you need to buy a hard drive to use it? Exactly how powerful is it? Will the limitation of using one tablet controller be a problem? And of course, will there be any must-have games available at, or soon after launch?

Whatever happens, it looks as though anyone picking up a Wii U on launch day is going to have a very long wait for a Zelda game. Apparently Nintendo has hundreds of people working on a Zelda Wii U title, but it isn’t going to be ready until 2014. Be that the start, middle, or end of 2014, we don’t know yet.

As with any Zelda game, it’s probably going to be worth the wait and rumors about what Nintendo EAD 3 and game director Eiji Aonuma are creating make it sound like something special. It will apparently remain true to the art style of Skyward Sword, have the same type of gameplay so as to cater for both casual and hardcore gamers, but is a much larger game in terms of the size and variation of the environments.

With that being the case, Zelda Wii U is expected to be Nintendo’s most expensive project to date, and part of the reason why a 2013 release was unachievable. In return for the wait we can expect to be running around massive dungeons that take hours to get through, while listening to orchestral music and viewing crisp HD graphics in a brand new engine.

Nintendo is keeping to strict, traditional Zelda gameplay, meaning no multiplayer features beyond the social aspects already detailed for the Wii U. The game is also being developed to take full advantage of that second display on the tablet controller, so expect the mini-games to rely on it heavily.

Not delivering a Zelda game until 2014 is a blow for Nintendo and its fans, but it also means they will likely miss the launch window of either the Xbox 720 or PS4, at least one of which is expected to launch in 2013. Hopefully we’ll have some great games appearing in the interim, although the leaked launch list wasn’t anything to get too excited about.

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Ben

Disappointed that they chose not to use the darker look they showed at E3. The Skyward Sword approach works too, however. I hope that the dungeons actually are Hyrule Field sized, that would bring some tears of joy.

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Pakaku

If Skyward Sword (or any recent Zelda game) is anything to go by, I could definitely wait longer.

Anthony

I just cant wait until this game comes out, i will pre order it right away.